"When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing."

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Source : Octavia E. Butler (2011). “Fledgling: A Novel”, p.275, Seven Stories Press

Octavia Butler

#Rage Quotes #Choke Quotes

“My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates.”
“A publisher should always be on the receiving end. He should take an interest in almost any subject and remain anonymous, letting the author take center stage.”
“I don't think anyone is qualified to answer questions of eternal fate definitively, much less pinpoint it to a given day.”
“President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It ***** the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.”

Source : "Put a Face on It" by Anna Deavere Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 22, 2013.
“There are cliques in Bollywood, and people stick together, but I have always tried to stick to my work. As an industry, Bollywood is very competitive, and I'm very competitive as a person, but I've never been a part of any clique, and I've always worked with all actors and directors, all camps.”
“Are You Driving With Your Eyes Open? Or Are You like Using The Force?”
“When I went to Egypt right after 9/11 I was very upset. I used to live in Egypt. I had a lot of friends there. I spent two years teaching there. I had very fond feelings for that part of the world, and the fact that a culture I liked so much had attacked my own culture was really very upsetting to me.”
“Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman.”

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